@maporsche,
maporsche wrote:
He didn't say that he hid them....just that he wasn't as forthcoming in discussing them during the campaign.
Exactly, maporsche. In fact, when the opposition pointed out his Muslim roots, he gave the impression that it was false and dirty politics.
I stick to what I said. The guy changes like a chamelion, to whatever audience he is talking to, to make it seem as if he is one of them. Fact is, he used conservative lingo to attract conservative voters in the election. He is all things to all people, and nothing to everyone, in my opinion. He stands for everything, and at the same time, for nothing. Most people are still guessing as to who this guy really is, what he will do, what he believes, or what he stands for. Perhaps, liberals that also stand for not much of anything and see the world in all shades of gray, no such thing as right or wrong, except some nebulus idea of social justice, they of course love the guy, because he is a mirror image of them.
What I just said is fascinating, because when I read his book, Audacity of Hope, during the primaries, that is exactly the impression I got from the book, it never clearly spelled out what Obama believed. It contains alot of explanations and waffling and wrangling, presenting various ideas and views, but principles that he believed in, concretely, I couldn't pin it down.
I yearn for a statesman again, somebody that stands for something.
P.S. I need to remind myself of the fact that leftists cannot afford to be totally honest, because they would lose their popular support. This is not a leftist country yet, and therefore Obama must dodge and weave, govern with polls, etc.
